ABPeoplePickerNavigationController inside a view?

In my tab bar iPad application, one of my tabs needs to have an "ABPeoplePicker", ie a view exactly similar the view that ABPeoplePickerNavigationController presents. However, only the controller is exposed in the API and Apple warns against having several controllers to manage a single 开发者_如何转开发screen.

To expose the idea slightly differently, Apple explains how to use ABPeoplePickerNavigationController modally. That's about the only use case for the small iPhone screen, but the iPad larger screen allows for a modeless use case inside the screen.

Is this possible or do I have to redesign my picker from scratch?

I was trying to do just that and did not succeed. A delegate can not be subviewed it seems.